BOSTON—Asia is poised for strong growth in mobile handsets, according to a new report from the Yankee Group. The report projects that the Asia-Pacific region will see total handset shipments increase from 162.3 million in 2001 to 296.2 million in 2005.
Migration to next-generation service will push the trend, with wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) volumes to reach 129.3 million and 1x-EV handsets to reach 39.1 million by 2005. Another key driver for handset sales will be replacement sales as subscribers upgrade their handsets.
